All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 2003

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All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship 2003
Winners
Champions Granagh-Ballingarry (Limerick) (3rd title)
Captain Kay Burke
Runners-up
Runners-up Davitts (Gal)

The 2003 All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship for the leading clubs in the women's team field sport of camogie was won by Granagh-Ballingarry (Limerick), who defeated Davitts (Gal) in the final, played at Mullingar. [1] [2]

Contents

Arrangements

The championship was organised on the traditional provincial system used in Gaelic Games since the 1880s, with Freshford and Dunloy winning the championships of the other two provinces. Lourda Kavanagh scored 11 points for Granagh to beat Dunloy in the semi-final.

The Final

Lourda Kavanagh scored 1–3 for Granagh-Ballingarry as they defeated Davitts by four points in the final. [3]

Final stages

Granagh-Ballingarry (Limerick)2-11 – 0-10 St Lachtain’s Freshford

Davitts (Gal)2-14 – 3-4 Dunloy
Pearse Park, Dunloy [7] [8] [9]

Granagh-Ballingarry (Limerick)1-10 – 1-8 Davitts (Gal)
Granagh-Ballingarry
GK1 Breda O'Brien
RCB2 Aimee McCarthy
FB3 Laura Leslie (captain)
LCB4 Maureen O'Gorman
RWB5 Kay Burke
CB6 Ber Chawke
LWB7 Deirdre Sheehan
MF8 Marie Collins
MF9 Vera Sheehan
RWF10 Jean Cullinane
CF11 Eileen O'Brien
LWF12 Aoifa Sheehan
RCF13 Joanne Clifford
FF14 Meadhbh Nash
LCF15 Fiona Morrissey
Davitts
GK1 Michelle Tynan
RCB2 Orla Watson
FB3 Rita Broder ick
LCB4 Lisa Fahy
RWB5 Fiona Pierce
CB6 Anne Broderick
LWB7 Lizzie Flynn
MF8 Ailbhe Kelly
MF9 Caroline Kelly
RWF10 Doreen Kelly
CF11 Deirdre Murphy
LWF12 Caitriona Kelly
RCF13 Olivia Forde
FF14 Lourda Kavanagh
LCF15 Mary Kelly

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References

  1. Moran, Mary (2011). A Game of Our Own: The History of Camogie. Dublin, Ireland: Cumann Camógaíochta. p. 460. 978-1-908591-00-5
  2. All Ireland club championships on Camogie.ie
  3. 2003 Granagh-Ballingarry 1-10 Davitts 1-6 report in Irish Independent
  4. Report of semi-final in Irish Examiner, September 2, 2003
  5. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 2, 2003
  6. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 2, 2003
  7. Report of semi-final in Irish Examiner, September 9, 2003
  8. Report of semi-final in Irish Independent, September 9, 2003
  9. Report of semi-final in Irish Times, September 9, 2003
Preceded by All-Ireland Senior Club Camogie Championship
1964 – present
Succeeded by